diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index aa09726..1000f17 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 		"issues": "https://github.com/WordPress/phpdoc-parser/issues"
 	},
 	"require"    : {
-		"php"                      : ">=5.4",
+		"php"                      : ">=7.4",
 		"composer/installers"      : "~1.0",
 		"phpdocumentor/reflection" : "~3.0",
 		"erusev/parsedown"         : "~1.7",